ALBANY, N.Y. – Junior Bobby Mayclim captured the men's individual title, highlighting Binghamton's performance at the America East Cross Country Championships on Friday at the University of Albany. In the final team standings, the Bearcat men were fourth out of nine teams while the women's finished sixth.
Mayclim covered the men's 8,000-meter course in a time of 23:59 to finish 14 seconds clear of the rest of the field. In the process, Mayclim joined Erik van Ingan (2009) and Dan Schaffer (2021) as the Bearcat men's runners who have won the America East's individual cross country title.
"It's really special to win this title and follow in the footsteps of Erik and Dan," Mayclim said afterwards. "I was able to trust my summer of training and my work this fall heading into today. I was determined to get to the finish line first and was very confident that it would happen if I ran well."
Leading the Binghamton women on Friday was junior Anna Gansrow, who finished 11th overall. She clocked a time of 17:44 for the 5,000-meter course.
Gansrow is just the third Binghamton women's runner to earn America East All-Conference honors three times during her career, having placed 14th in 2024 and 10th last year. She joins Aziza Chigatayeva (2018-22) and Sydney Leitner (2022-25).
In addition, Gansrow was the women's recipient of the America East Elite 18 Award following the meet. She is the first Binghamton women's cross country runner ever to receive the honor.
Sophomore Anthony Zazzaro was the other Binghamton runner to earn all-conference honors, placing 10th overall in the men's race with a time of 24:29. It marked his first time as a medalist, having placed 19th last season as a rookie.
Finishing up the scoring for Binghamton in the men's race were sophomore George Thomatos in 16th place (24:40), senior Liam Cody in 17th place (24:41) and junior Nick Thomas in 31st place (25:01). In addition, freshman Owen Gasper was 32nd (25:02) and junior Oliver Jibb was 38th (25:14).
UMass Lowell won its seventh straight America East men's team title with 49 points. Vermont was second (61), followed by UMBC (69) and Binghamton (72).
There were 90 finishers in the men's race.
Sophomore Taylor Page was Binghamton's second runner in the women's race, placing 21st overall with a time of 18:11. Following her in the team scoring was freshman Anna Congelli in 32nd place (18:23), junior Eleanor Lees in 36th place (18:28) and junior Alicia DeFilippis in 53rd place (18:44).
Mary-Kate Finn of UMass Lowell was the women's individual champion, finishing with a time of 17:05.11 to record an 11-second victory.
Vermont, meanwhile, won the women's team title with 61 points. Maine was a close second with 69 points and was followed by UMass Lowell (101), UMBC (103), Bryant (114) and Binghamton (146).
There were also 90 finishers in the women's race.
All-conference honors were awarded to the top 14 finishers in each race, with first-team distinction going to places 1-7 and second team accolades going to places 8-14.
Up next for Binghamton is the NCAA Northeast Region Meet on Nov. 14 in Bethpage, N.Y..
FINAL MEN'S TEAM STANDINGS
UMass Lowell 49, Vermont 61, UMBC 69, Binghamton 72, Maine 154, New Hampshire 170, Bryant 188, NJIT 190, UAlbany 261
FINAL WOMEN'S TEAM STANDINGS
Vermont 61, Maine 69, UMass Lowell 101, UMBC 103, Bryant 114, Binghamton 146, UAlbany 176, New Hampshire 177, NJIT 237
BINGHAMTON MEN'S ALL-CONFERENCE (2)
Bobby Mayclim (1st Team), Anthony Zazzaro (2nd Team)
BINGHAMTON WOMEN'S ALL-CONFERENCE (1)
Anna Gansrow (2nd Team)
